5 Great Stock Chart Patterns Every Investor Should Know Over a series of articles, I have reviewed the basics of technical analysis. With an understanding of trendlines, channels, support, resistance, triangles, and reversals, you have a basic foundation that can be applied to unique technical patterns. The following five stock chart patterns are unique, yet powerful. Understanding their uses will increase your likelihood of identifying market-changing events. These patterns are: 1. Gaps Gaps occur when a price opens much higher (gap higher) or lower (gap lower) than the previous day’s…